The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:34 at Sydney 2026 put Melissa Smith & Ryan Fitzgerald 279th of 596 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 53% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 74% of the field across all eight, against 43% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:33 on the median.
Sydney gave the field time back: about 2:11 faster than the average race this season, by 884 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:48Running 1 4:39v median +0:07
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Block 02 7:00Running 2 5:10v median +0:13
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Block 03 8:22Running 3 5:26v median +0:18
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Block 04 9:16Running 4 5:26v median +0:15
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:28v median +0:09
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Block 06 7:03Running 6 5:35v median +0:20
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Block 07 8:06Running 7 5:25v median +0:08
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Block 08 12:11Running 8 7:40v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:57
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 576
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 576 mixed teams who finished.